22 foot diameter Park gazebo

I am spending the Summer of 2017 upgrading our local city park. I donate my labor, and either a local non-profit or the City pays for the materials cost.

I wanted a showcase item for the park, and decided to make it a 22 foot diameter Victorian style gazebo. It took me 3 attempts to finally get the design right in Google Sketchup. This is a “walk-through” design with the concrete floor the same height as the sidewalks in the park.

To me, the most critical item in this project was how to build the lower 8 and upper 8 roof segments so they were all identical, and would assemble correctly. I decided to build the first lower roof segment 1st, then build the fixture around this 1st piece…..........then build the next 7 in the same fixture. The result of this was all the segments fit together on both the lower and upper roofs perfectly :)

It took me 4 weeks to build and erect the gazebo, and it has 497 different pieces of wood in it. It is almost all 2×6 pressure-treated wood construction, with a little bit of 2×4’s in it. Both roofs are 20 degrees. There were many, many compound angle cuts involved with this project.

Everybody in our small town loves the finished gazebo, and there is already talk of holding weddings in the gazebo.

You can see the whole design and build process on my woodworking web site here.

i agree with the above every small town wishes they had somebody like you.ive looked at some of your others projects and this isnt the first time youve improved your community,your a beautiful person dale,i wish the world had more like you.congrats.

With regards to running for Mayor, being a small town mayor is a really thankless job. I would rather work on projects to improve the town, versus all the thankless tasks a mayor has to do. Fortunately, we have had good mayors in our small town over the years.

Dale

Once again Dale you did a great job. Your town is lucky to have you. You might consider running for Mayor after you get all those projects done!